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There has been a real shift in the way disabled people, chronically ill people, and benefit claimants are being spoken about online, in the media, and sometimes even in everyday conversations. It is harsher. Colder. Like there is this growing anger d...
Every year, the moment the weather starts warming up, people get excited. Social media fills with pub gardens, beach trips, barbecues, iced coffees, and endless comments about “finally getting some proper sunshine.”
Honestly, I get it.
You know, there's this whole emotional side to taking medication that I feel like we don't really get to talk about enough.
Sure, people discuss side effects, doctors go over dosages, pharmacists remind you about timing or interactions. But ...
There is something deeply unsettling happening at the moment around disability in the UK. You can feel it online, in newspaper headlines, in comment sections, and sometimes even standing in a supermarket car park trying to mind your own business.
If you are reading this, you are probably part of the unique and often exhausting world of kinship care, special guardianship, or parenting neurodiverse children. You know the emotional load that comes with trying to meet everyone’s needs while holding the whole household toge...